Our Giving Philosophy

We see scientists, researchers, and medical professionals working together to solve the world's most pressing problems. We see patients coming together to form communities. We see organizations providing education, raising awareness and providing much-needed support. That's why we offer support, resources, and funding.

Call for Grants

Genentech is actively seeking applications for the following areas:

Click on the links below for more information and detailed instruction on submitting the CGN applications:

Funding Focus Areas

Independent Medical Education (IME) is generally defined as education for healthcare professionals (HCPs) provided by an independent educational provider, such as a community hospital, academic center, society/association or medical education & communication company. Genentech/Roche supports grants for independent medical education in an effort to further the advance of medicine and healthcare by improving the knowledge of the medical community.
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These support requests are healthcare-related and are consistent with a therapeutic area in which Genentech or Roche is active. Genentech prioritizes and focuses funding towards programs and events such as: Patient Services, Patient Outreach, Patient Education, Disease Education, Fundraisers, Health screenings, Scientific/Medical Meetings, Conferences, Seminars and Symposia.

Scientific Project Support provides funding for general research, translational research, other research or development projects, and/or other initiatives of research organizations, labs, and academic institutions. Research collaborations, clinical trials and associated correlative research involving or undertaken in relation to Genentech or Roche products (whether investigational and/or approved for other uses) are excluded from this type of support. For information regarding these types of programs refer to our pipeline.

Fellowships are for grants to independent professional organizations, independent charitable organizations, or other eligible institutions, where the funds are used to support advanced study by clinical and research professionals at an accredited university or teaching institution.